naif
Easily deceived person
A naif is a naive person—someone inexperienced, unsophisticated, or guileless.
The word often appears in artistic contexts, describing someone whose work has an untrained, childlike quality: The gallery featured paintings by self-taught naifs.
Unlike naive, which is usually an adjective, naif functions primarily as a noun: He plays the wide-eyed naif in every film.
Color of vegetation
- rawIn original state
- uninitiatedLacking specialized knowledge
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
untrained · untutored · unschooled · fledgling · neophyte · greenhorn · tyro · tenderfoot
Innocently frank and trusting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- unaffectedNot changed or influenced
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
- candidHonest and direct
sincere · natural · genuine · open · frank · straightforward · unassuming · uncontrived
Having youthful innocence
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- unblemishedFree from any defect
- untouchedNot contacted or affected
angelic · wholesome · unspoiled · virginal · uncorrupted · wide-eyed · dewy-eyed · babe in the woods
Rural and unrefined
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
homespun · parochial · sheltered · insular · countrified · simple · small-town · backwoods
Prone to blind trust
- trustingInclined to believe others
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
- dupedDeceived into believing
- deceivedMisled into false belief
exploited · impressionable · overtrusting · swindled · hoodwinked · misled · vulnerable · confiding
green
Color of vegetation
- rawIn original state
- uninitiatedLacking specialized knowledge
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
beginner · untrained · untutored · unschooled · fledgling · neophyte · greenhorn · tyro · tenderfoot · callow
ingenuous
Innocently frank and trusting
- guilelessFree from deceit
- unaffectedNot changed or influenced
- unpretentiousLacking false superiority
candid · sincere · natural · genuine · open · frank · straightforward · unassuming · uncontrived · transparent
childlike
Having youthful innocence
- pureUnmixed, without impurities
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- unblemishedFree from any defect
untouched · angelic · wholesome · unspoiled · virginal · uncorrupted · wide-eyed · dewy-eyed · babe in the woods · undefiled
rustic
Rural and unrefined
- unworldlyLacking practical awareness
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
unpolished · homespun · parochial · sheltered · insular · countrified · simple · small-town · backwoods · hick
credulous
Prone to blind trust
- trustingInclined to believe others
- unsuspectingNot anticipating danger
- dupedDeceived into believing
deceived · exploited · impressionable · overtrusting · swindled · hoodwinked · misled · vulnerable · confiding · suggestible
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
- stock charactersvillain, sidekick, hero, damsel in distress, fool
- easy marksmark, easy mark, sucker, dupe, patsy
- suckerssucker, lollipop, Dum Dum, Tootsie Pop, all-day sucker
- beginnersbeginner, novice, rookie, newbie, newcomer
- innocenceinnocent, innocence, purity, pure, blameless
naifsophisticate
Worldly, cultured person
worldling · cosmopolitan · man of the world · woman of the world · worldly-wise
naifcynic
Doubter of good intentions
skeptic · doubter · misanthrope · suspicious · wary
naifschemer
Crafty, deceitful planner
manipulator · operator · conniver · Machiavellian · slyboots
- naive artUntrained, childlike creative work